Pros & Cons
Pros
Smoothed out my shifting tremendously after about 100 miles of city shifting. Shifts like butter! Seems pretty good, just put it in but am noticing smoother shifts.
Vw tdi 5spd 02j. Used in my 1990 mazda miata 5-speed. Drain and filled with regular * oil.
Redline makes excellent fluid and i definitely recommend it! Also should come with three bottle package. Good product, and red line responds to questions to make sure of the correct product for your vehicle. Only negative is that the bottle top doesn'... Read More
Little pricey but actually get what you paid for. Price is a little cheaper here.
Cons
It performs horribly in the cold. Drained the expensive oil and put in walmart brand 10w-30 synthetic and its better.
Highlights
Quality
Great transmission fluid helped my dc5 issue with grinding go away
Best of the best quality for your mazda rx8
My second gear synchroa were grinding even under 3k rpm
As soon as i changed the oil all grinding when changing gears stopped especially downshifting
Price
Just what was needed and decent price
Very good price and better performance than the original oil
Decent price on a hard to find specialty transmission oil
Shipping
Received the product quickly and it worked as advertised
The fluid came in on time packaged well
Unfortunately i ordered 4 separate quarts but was shipped a 1gallon container
Packaging/appearance
Received in good condition and timely manner
Competitiveness
Other brands are cheaper andor available locally but this one is the best choice for manual transmissions
If you have an older toyota with a manual transmission this is the best gear oil to use
The transmission shifted like garbage i guess whatever was in there from the manufacturer was a lot better than the mopar recom... Read More
Havent used this particular mtl yet but i have used it on another vehicle and its a redline product
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Havent used this particular mtl yet but i have used it on another vehicle and its a redline product
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The first time changing my transmission fluid in my ax5 for my jeep tj
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After doing the first bottle there was a thick residue at the bottom
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I might be oblivious and didnt see a shake well sign but you probably want to shake it to make use you get everything into the transmission
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This only oil i recommend to all the customers had manual transmission problems like miss shift any gears
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Strange story i poured out one of the four bottles i got on amazon and found some ropy lumpy congealed parts to it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I asked red line if that was the way it was supposed to be and dave got right back to me saying that it wasnt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He sent me four new bottles and i sent him the ones i had received so his chemist could examine it